gzip without tar? Why are they used together?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/252065/g...

Question links:
[tar]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28file...
[gzip]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip

Accepted answer links:
[TAR]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_f...)
[Format Details]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_f...
[GZIP]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip
[File Format]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip#File_f...

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#tar #gzip #gz

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